fracas

[Odessa Dawn]

Don't our British friends pronounce the sound s at the end of the word fracas, please?


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fracas (ˈfrækɑː

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Collins English Dictionary | Always Free Online

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fracas
noun http://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/codes.html /ˈfræk.ɑː/

/ˈfreɪ.kəs/

fracas noun - definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionaries Online
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fracas /

fre

k

s,

fr

/ n. -cases a noisy fight, (syn.) commotion: Two men started a fracas in a barroom.
Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English

fra·cas
noun \ˈfrā-kəs, ˈfra-, British ˈfra-ˌkä\ : a noisy argument or fight
Fracas - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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[emsr2d2]

No, we don't. We pronounce it as it is pronounced in the original French. It sounds like "frack-ah" or "fra-cah".

 

[5jj]

The two British dictionaries had already told you this.

 

[Barb_D]

I had no idea! I admit, if I heard someone say "a frack-aw" I would be puzzled. Now I know!